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This was a high quality tennis match with a lot of crushing and exhausting baseline exchanges. Federer hit 35 winners to 31 errors and his forehand today was destructive. He did make some errors on the backhand side but it was good enough when it needed to be and he was willing to hit over the ball multiple times and often forced a weak return out of Hewitt which was then punished by his forehand.

Overall this was an enjoyable match, with many thundering powerhouse forehand winners and early, clean ball striking.

The main difference in this match was that Federer manufactured for himself more break point oppurtunities and played the bigger points better than Hewitt did. Hewitt let himself down with some untimely double faults which was a shame. Hewitt also shot himself in the foot with a first serve percentage of 50 ish which just wasn't high enough to fend off the constant pressure that Federer was putting on Hewitt's service games.

Federer's serve was solid today and he hit 13 aces, many of them at the most important times, fending off mighty pressure from Hewitt who was punishing the second serve of Federer, which was too often struck slightly too short.

The Federer forehand let him down notably just the once in a critical situation: when facing break point in the 2nd set, Fed had a great chance to finish off the point with aa forehand down the line, which he dumped into the net.

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What impressed me was that Federer can produce aces at crucial points. (30-40, when it was Hewitt's AD ect.) That's a sign of a true champion when you can produce the right shot at the right time. Also, nice forehand and bh slice.

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Another indication that Hewitt isn't that far behind the top guys. If he'd done better on his break points it could've been a lot closer. Also lleyton only won 13% of points on Fed's first serve...he really didn't pick it today.

With his ranking, it's a shame he's gonna keep drawing Fed, Rafa or Novak earlier in the tournaments...hopefully he does well again next week.

As for Fed - his forehand today was a thing of beauty. He was virtually half-volleying it a lot of the time. that man is too damn good:worship:

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